supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(Grant No.2019QZKK0705);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42002020);the Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.203127 and 193117);the West Light Project(Grant No.2020000023)。
The Paleogene is a crucial period when terrestrial and marine ecosystems recovered from major disruptions and gradually approached their modern states.In the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding regions,the Pal...
supported by the Chinese Geological Survey Project(Grant No.DD20221630);the National Key Research and Development Project of China(Grant No.2021YFC2901901);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)(Grant No.2019QZKK0703);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42072268 and 41872240);the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences(Grant No.J2202);Australian Research(Grant No.FL160100168)。
The composition and geological evolution of pre-Cryogenian material in the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas have played an important role in studying the formation and evolution of early supercontinents on Ea...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41430103);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2017M620895)。
Eco-environmental changes during interglacials with an astronomical background similar to that of the Holocene are potentially helpful for understanding the future climatic evolution.Marine oxygen isotope stage(MIS)19...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41290253,41174057);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB955901)
This paper describes new fossils of Equus huanghoensis from an Early Pleistocene bed in Nihewan, Hebei Province, which confirms the classification of E. huanghoensis by Chinese researchers. The new fossils include a r...
supported by"Conditions for Giant Marine Carbonate Oil/Gas Fields to Form in Sichuan, Tarim Basins and the Neighboring Regions" a Key National Oil and Gas Program (Grant No. 2008ZX05004-002)
Well Lundong-1 is located in the periclinal area on the eastern flank of the Tahe-Lunnan paleo-uplift in the Tarim Basin. A 25-m-high cave fill sequence was observed in the Upper Ordovician interval of the well at 680...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40602026, 40772137);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. J0720);Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program in the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period (Grant No. 2006BAB01A11);the Geological Survey Project of China (Grant No. 1212010611807)
The Dabao Formation in the South Qinling Orogenic Belt was previously regarded as Ordovician in age and consists of clastic matrix and blocks of siltstone,limestone,chert,and volcanic rocks.However,some Middle Devonia...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40762018);NSFC Innovation Research Group Program (Grant No. 40621002);Mobile Project of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province (Grant No. Gui Ji. 2007-4004);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806401);Paleontological Museum of Shenzhen Xianhu Botanical Garden
The Kaili Biota of Jianhe County, Guizhou Province is found in a Burgess Shale type of deposits, and as such it provides a key fossil record for studying biotic differentiation following the Cambrian explosion. Macroa...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806401);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40772020,40725005,40930211)
The Guanshan biota from eastern Yunnan(Cambrian Series 2,early Stage 4) is a Burgess Shale-type fossil biota with abundant exceptionally preserved soft-bodied fossils after the discovery of the well-known Cambrian Che...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40772008, 40572003);Research Fund for Doctoral Program of High Education (Grant No. 20060001059);State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 083101)
Although fossils of Orsten-type preservation represented by Skaracarida and Phosphatocopina were first reported from the Middle and Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, South China in 2005, diversified phosphatocopine spe...
the Science and Technology Commission of Shaanxi Province and the Provincial Board Fund (JK028 and JK01)
Three microtine species are recovered from the Zhangping Caves of the Qingling Mountains, namely Microtus oeconomus, Caryomys inez and Caryomys eva. They are climate-sensitive ones with different ecological habits, th...